1982 New York Mets

65-97 • .401 Win% • 6th in NL E

The 1982 New York Mets went 65-97 (.401) finishing 6th in the NL E division. The club scored 609 runs, allowed 723, and played home games at Shea Stadium. Team leaders included Dave Kingman (37 HR, 99 RBI) and Craig Swan (11-7, 3.35 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
.401 Win %
6th Rank
609 R 723 RA
Diff -114

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609 Runs Scored
723 Runs Allowed
-114 Run Diff
1,320K Attendance

📈 vs. 1982 NL Average

Batting Avg .247 4% below the 1982 league average (.257)
OBP .304 5% below the 1982 league average (.319)
SLG .350 6% below the 1982 league average (.372)
Team ERA 3.88 8% worse than the 1982 league average (3.60)
Runs Scored 609 8% below the 1982 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,320,469
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Avg per Game 16,302

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1982

Batting Avg

1 Tom Veryzer 0.333 2 John Stearns 0.293 3 Ellis Valentine 0.288 4 Mookie Wilson 0.279 5 Bob Bailor 0.277

Home Runs

1 Dave Kingman 37 2 George Foster 13 3 Ellis Valentine 8 4 Ron Hodges 5 5 Mookie Wilson 5

RBI

1 Dave Kingman 99 2 George Foster 70 3 Mookie Wilson 55 4 Ellis Valentine 48 5 Hubie Brooks 40
1982 New York Mets — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mookie Wilson 159 639 90 178 25 9 5 55 32 102 58 0.279
George Foster 151 550 64 136 23 2 13 70 50 123 1 0.247
Dave Kingman 149 535 80 109 9 1 37 99 59 156 4 0.204
Hubie Brooks 126 457 40 114 21 2 2 40 28 76 6 0.249
Ron Gardenhire 141 384 29 92 17 1 3 33 23 55 5 0.240
Bob Bailor 110 376 44 104 14 1 0 31 20 17 20 0.277
John Stearns 98 352 46 103 25 3 4 28 30 35 17 0.293
Ellis Valentine 111 337 33 97 14 1 8 48 5 38 1 0.288
Wally Backman 96 261 37 71 13 2 3 22 49 47 8 0.272
Ron Hodges 80 228 26 56 12 1 5 27 41 40 4 0.246
Rusty Staub 112 219 11 53 9 0 3 27 24 10 0 0.242
Joel Youngblood 80 202 21 52 12 0 3 21 8 37 0 0.257
Gary Rajsich 80 162 17 42 8 3 2 12 17 40 1 0.259
Brian Giles 45 138 14 29 5 0 3 10 12 29 6 0.210
Mike Jorgensen 120 114 16 29 6 0 2 14 21 24 2 0.254
Tom Veryzer 40 54 6 18 2 0 0 4 3 4 1 0.333
Pete Falcone 40 53 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 24 0 0.113
Bruce Bochy 17 49 4 15 4 0 2 8 4 6 0 0.306
Charlie Puleo 36 48 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 18 0 0.125
Mike Scott 37 48 2 7 4 0 0 3 2 21 0 0.146
Craig Swan 37 44 4 8 1 0 1 4 7 15 0 0.182
Mike Howard 33 39 5 7 0 0 1 3 6 7 2 0.179
Pat Zachry 36 38 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.079
Phil Mankowski 13 35 2 8 1 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.229
Ed Lynch 43 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 0 0.000
Randy Jones 28 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 0.148
Rick Ownbey 9 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.200
Jesse Orosco 54 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Rusty Tillman 12 13 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.154
Scott Holman 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.222
Brent Gaff 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.000
Terry Leach 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Neil Allen 50 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.167
Walt Terrell 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.400
Ronn Reynolds 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Rick Sweet 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Tom Hausman 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Gorman 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Diaz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Sisk 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1982

ERA

1 Jesse Orosco 2.72 2 Neil Allen 3.06 3 Craig Swan 3.35 4 Ed Lynch 3.55 5 Rick Ownbey 3.75

Wins

1 Craig Swan 11 2 Charlie Puleo 9 3 Pete Falcone 8 4 Randy Jones 7 5 Mike Scott 7

Strikeouts

1 Pete Falcone 101 2 Charlie Puleo 98 3 Jesse Orosco 89 4 Pat Zachry 69 5 Craig Swan 67
1982 New York Mets — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pete Falcone 8 10 3.84 40 23 2 171.0 159 73 71 101
Charlie Puleo 9 9 4.47 36 24 1 171.0 179 85 90 98
Craig Swan 11 7 3.35 37 21 1 166.1 165 62 37 67
Mike Scott 7 13 5.14 37 22 3 147.0 185 84 60 63
Ed Lynch 4 8 3.55 43 12 2 139.1 145 55 40 51
Pat Zachry 6 9 4.05 36 16 1 137.2 149 62 57 69
Jesse Orosco 4 10 2.72 54 2 4 109.1 92 33 40 89
Randy Jones 7 10 4.60 28 20 0 107.2 130 55 51 44
Neil Allen 3 7 3.06 50 0 19 64.2 65 22 30 59
Rick Ownbey 1 2 3.75 8 8 0 50.1 44 21 43 28
Terry Leach 2 1 4.17 21 1 3 45.1 46 21 18 30
Tom Hausman 1 2 4.42 21 0 0 36.2 44 18 6 16
Brent Gaff 0 3 4.55 7 5 0 31.2 41 16 10 14
Scott Holman 2 1 2.36 4 4 0 26.2 23 7 7 11
Walt Terrell 0 3 3.43 3 3 0 21.0 22 8 14 8
Tom Gorman 0 1 0.96 3 1 0 9.1 8 1 0 7
Doug Sisk 0 1 1.04 8 0 1 8.2 5 1 4 4
Carlos Diaz 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 3.2 6 0 4 0

👥 Roster (40)

Neil Allen Wally Backman Bob Bailor Bruce Bochy Hubie Brooks Carlos Diaz Pete Falcone George Foster Brent Gaff Ron Gardenhire Brian Giles Tom Gorman +28 more

40 players

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The 1982 New York Mets in brief

In 1982 the New York Mets posted a 65-97 mark (.401) and finished 6th in the NL East. The run column shows 609 for and 723 against. Against a league average of .257, the 1982 New York Mets batted .247. The New York Mets staff finished with a 3.88 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.60. Measured against the 662-run league average, the offense was 8% behind.

Shea Stadium was home in 1982, drawing a total attendance of 1,320,469. Dave Kingman topped the New York Mets with 37 home runs. The hits leader was Mookie Wilson with 178. Craig Swan was the top winner, with 11 victories. The strikeout leader was Pete Falcone with 101. The saves leader was Neil Allen with 19.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1982 New York Mets

What was the 1982 New York Mets record?
The 1982 New York Mets finished 65-97 (.401 win pct).
Who led the 1982 New York Mets in home runs?
Dave Kingman led the 1982 New York Mets with 37 home runs.
What was the 1982 New York Mets team ERA?
The 1982 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 3.88.
Did the 1982 New York Mets win the World Series?
No. The 1982 New York Mets did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1982 New York Mets play?
The 1982 New York Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.
Who led the 1982 New York Mets in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Dave Kingman (37 HR, 99 RBI) and Craig Swan (11-7, 3.35 ERA).
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